Why there so manny stereotypes about asians in the world ?

Valy wrote: common stereotypes about Asians :
-They know karate
-They are awesome at math.
-They excel at some kind of instrument -- usually violin, piano, clarinet, flute.
-They are very studious and try hard to enter the medical field.
-They don't drive well.
-They have very strict parents (regarding school mostly).
-They have LOTS of relatives.
-They mainly eat rice.
-They watch a lot of Anime.
-Most girls in their childhood had a Hello Kitty obsession.
-They get straight A's and straight A+'s all through school and college all through their lives without nothing never ever less than an A+ and an A on their report cards.
-People think that most asians are Chinese
-They speak like CHING CHANG CONG

well , some are not correct. i

my math score at high school get 0 marks m the mark of each subjects just pass for my university degree

but my sports is good , i like basketball

i dont know how to drive cars but i have small aircraft liscence

i dont eat rice, i eat whole bread and chao mien

most chinese think most white people from USA. thats normal. because to asians , most westerners looks the same and US media already taken the chinese market

Valy wrote: common stereotypes about Asians :
-They know karate not true
-They are awesome at math.mostly true. i know nobody ( males) who is no good in maths.
-They excel at some kind of instrument -- usually violin, piano, clarinet, flute. not true
-They are very studious and try hard to enter the medical field.
-They don't drive well.not true

-They have very strict parents (regarding school mostly).mostly true. east asian parents are often very strict!
-They have LOTS of relatives.mostly true. it was normal in china to have 6-7 children in the former days
-They mainly eat rice.true
-They watch a lot of Anime.true for japan. but not all people. and there a lot of asian guys who don't like to watch anime either
-Most girls in their childhood had a Hello Kitty obsession.? I don't understand. I think not true.
-They get straight A's and straight A+'s all through school and college all through their lives without nothing never ever less than an A+ and an A on their report cards.Not True! Maiby they are a little bit better in school then average. but in general you can't say that asian got straight as. but they got often good marks that's true.
-People think that most asians are Chinesehaha i did not know this too.^^
-They speak like CHING CHANG CONGvery racism and not true!

They tend to think asians are consisted with indians and chinese !
Not true at all !

redlight501 wrote: They tend to think asians are consisted with indians and chinese !
Not true at all !

oh i diddent know this one 0.0

People act like these are terrible stereotypes, they're not lol. We don't have it as bad as black or latin people in terms of stereotypes. Just roll with the punches and have fun with it

Ha this thread is highly amusing...

oniham wrote: People act like these are terrible stereotypes, they're not lol. We don't have it as bad as black or latin people in terms of stereotypes. Just roll with the punches and have fun with it

I don't know how I cope with the horror of being stereotyped as intelligent, and incredible at martial arts... sigh...